Availability in Germany, France and Spain - Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I don't understand why is the Nexus 10 not available in most of Europe. I've noticed that there's been a lot of demand for the Nexus 4, but how come the Nexus 10 is still not available almost 3 weeks from launch? Those who ordered theirs in these three countries, were you backordered? When did you get your shipping email? Can you figure out when are they getting new batches (like the N4 is every monday i think)?

Got mine on the second run in France last week, and despite the fact that they mentioned a 2 or 3 weeks delay for shipping it shipped 2 days later with tracking, buying process went flawlessly too. Guess i was lucky this time.

AztlanUnderground said:
Got mine on the second run in France last week, and despite the fact that they mentioned a 2 or 3 weeks delay for shipping it shipped 2 days later with tracking, buying process went flawlessly too. Guess i was lucky this time.
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So it was sold out and available again last week? (Sorry for my ignorance, but i didn't watch Nexus 10 back then as I wanted Nexus 4 instead) If so, which day it became available again?

AztlanUnderground said:
Got mine on the second run in France last week, and despite the fact that they mentioned a 2 or 3 weeks delay for shipping it shipped 2 days later with tracking, buying process went flawlessly too. Guess i was lucky this time.
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Same here.

axurt said:
I don't understand why is the Nexus 10 not available in most of Europe. I've noticed that there's been a lot of demand for the Nexus 4, but how come the Nexus 10 is still not available almost 3 weeks from launch? Those who ordered theirs in these three countries, were you backordered? When did you get your shipping email? Can you figure out when are they getting new batches (like the N4 is every monday i think)?
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Ordered mine on launch day and got it three days later in Germany. The order notification came almost instantly and the shipping information two days after that

axurt said:
So it was sold out and available again last week? (Sorry for my ignorance, but i didn't watch Nexus 10 back then as I wanted Nexus 4 instead) If so, which day it became available again?
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Right, initial batch got sold out and then there was a second batch on 21 nov.

Seems like a couple more weeks.
http://geizhals.at/eu/858632

axurt said:
So it was sold out and available again last week? (Sorry for my ignorance, but i didn't watch Nexus 10 back then as I wanted Nexus 4 instead) If so, which day it became available again?
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Same for my concern, ordered N10 32Go nov 22nd 07:00, received nov 23rd 12:27 (in France)

Ordered mine on 21st Nov. 2012, the website said: delivery within 2-3 weeks. My orderstatus has no update, whatching every day

Theme Ishere said:
Ordered mine on launch day and got it three days later in Germany. The order notification came almost instantly and the shipping information two days after that
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same here.

ololol said:
Ordered mine on 21st Nov. 2012, the website said: delivery within 2-3 weeks. My orderstatus has no update, whatching every day
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same situation (germany)

xeTaiz said:
same situation (germany)
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Same here but in France, still waiting... and I managed to put my order through about 10 minutes after they were available, I cant believe people got theirs and I am still waiting, google really has to get the shipping issues fixed...

Benmaui said:
Same here but in France, still waiting... and I managed to put my order through about 10 minutes after they were available, I cant beliveve people got theirs and I am still waiting, google really has to get the shipping issues fixed...
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There are even people that ordered on 13th Nov and still have to wait ...
When we ordered we were warned that it could take 2-3 weeks so you can't complain I think

xeTaiz said:
There are even people that ordered on 13th Nov and still have to wait ...
When we ordered we were warned that it could take 2-3 weeks so you can't complain I think
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I am not really complaining about the waiting, It's more the fact that the deliveries are inconsistent and have nothing to do with when you placed your order, it's like standing in line and being randomly picked anywhere in that line, where it should be, "first one come first one served", it's not like that is complicated, it doesn't make any sense to do it the way they are doing, it's pretty sad, sad for us who have to wait, and sad that google is incapable of figuring out something which should be SO simple .

Benmaui said:
I am not really complaining about the waiting, It's more the fact that the deliveries are inconsistent and have nothing to do with when you placed your order, it's like standing in line and being randomly picked anywhere in that line, where it should be, "first one come first one served", it's not like that is complicated, it doesn't make any sense to do it the way they are doing, it's pretty sad, sad for us who have to wait, and sad that google is incapable of figuring out something which should be SO simple .
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no i just found out whats the order....
i just sent another email to google asking when they are able to send my tablet ...
10 minutes later they sent it away try it, too!

xeTaiz said:
no i just found out whats the order....
i just sent another email to google asking when they are able to send my tablet ...
10 minutes later they sent it away try it, too!
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I tried aswell, but they replied they would be sending it on the 12th, I am gonna see if I can push my way forward in the order dates, haha they're about to find out what a pain in the @ss is . ^^

Benmaui said:
I tried aswell, but they replied they would be sending it on the 12th, I am gonna see if I can push my way forward in the order dates, haha they're about to find out what a pain in the @ss is . ^^
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Same here, got answer 1 sec after ask them about delivery times.....
Edit:
Got my confirmation and tracking number 40 min after my email to google! I could recommend to send them an mail!
Tanks a lot!

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sold out in less than 20 Minutes

well, every half hour here in Australia I was refreshing the nex4 16gb store page, every half hour didnt really seem to be enough, because the 16gb version was sold out here in less than 20 minutes. what its going to be like for the rest of you guys, im not sure.
also for anyone that was relying on the email going out to notify you that its availabe, dont, I never got one!
just some info there for you guys.
Frustrated that i dont have a Nexus 4 though
Hmm. Maybe I should buy two and flip. Lol.
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predation said:
Hmm. Maybe I should buy two and flip. Lol.
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Please don't. Seriously.
predation said:
Hmm. Maybe I should buy two and flip. Lol.
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This isn't Runescape. LOLL im joking. (don't ask I used to play it)
Maybe someone made them available too early and they are not really sold out and everyone is running around with their heads cut off.
Lets see what happens in 3 hours..
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Maybe someone made them available too early and they are not really sold out and everyone is running around with their heads cut off.
Lets see what happens in 3 hours..
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Like Tescos. Damn it.
time?
what time did it go on sale in Australia? 12am or 8am?
Around 12.15 pm Sydney time. That'll be +11 GMT. Strange time if you ask me.
so i guess the sale starts around 12pm local time everywhere. would be better if people from other parts of the world can confirm the sale time.
Yeah someone please confirm the time !
Nov 13 isn't coming soon enough!
Was lucky enough to pick up a 16GB Nexus 4
Checked my phone at 12.03pm Adelaide Time or 12.33pm Sydney time and saw the "Add to Cart"
Now just gotta wait for it to get shipped. ^^
I am in Melbourne Australia, I doubt the nexus 4 sold out. Here is what I think happened:
Someoen made them available too early for us AUstralians by mistake and went 'woops' later and put it back to coming soon.
This could well be true because:
1. 12:15 PM for available release time is weird
2. Not a lot of Australians know about the nexus 4 as most Australians are iSheeps and they wouldn't know about this availability on november 13th unless they were reading android news.
3. And with not that much people knowing about it, and just in general tit would be impossible for them to run out of stock in less than half an hour, even the iphones which is marketed profesionally isnt even able to do that (get sold out in less than 30 mins)
4. Many people have called google and they have said that there will be no seperate times, 12 AM PST
5. 1 more hour and 15 minutes until 12 AM PST guys lets keep our hopes up
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I am in Melbourne Australia, I doubt the nexus 4 sold out. Here is what I think happened:
Someoen made them available too early for us AUstralians by mistake and went 'woops' later and put it back to coming soon.
This could well be true because:
1. 12:15 PM for available release time is weird
2. Not a lot of Australians know about the nexus 4 as most Australians are iSheeps and they wouldn't know about this availability on november 13th unless they were reading android news.
3. And with not that much people knowing about it, and just in general tit would be impossible for them to run out of stock in less than half an hour, even the iphones which is marketed profesionally isnt even able to do that (get sold out in less than 30 mins)
4. Many people have called google and they have said that there will be no seperate times, 12 AM PST
5. 1 more hour and 15 minutes until 12 AM PST guys lets keep our hopes up
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But the 8GB version was available for a longer period of time. If what you assume is true, they would have fixed all accidents at once...
RsurNexusS said:
I am in Melbourne Australia, I doubt the nexus 4 sold out. Here is what I think happened:
Someoen made them available too early for us AUstralians by mistake and went 'woops' later and put it back to coming soon.
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Then how did Sparky_boi order one genius, you were too slow, I gotta wait until next month to ship it from States via a relative and wanna make sure it comes with a case and screen protector so its gonna be a LOOONG wait
I tried to order N4 and N10 and added them to my cart and tried to checkout but google just gave me an error and deleted my cart.
After repeating the precedure 5 times the devices eventually got sold out.
Any word ontwhen the next batch will be released, or even guesses?
Theyre already on ebay for 450+ for the 8gb version.. ewwww
Haha, one of the local kijiji ads have one for 1000 bucks :S
Went on sale at 11:40 exact on EST here in New York. Snagged one just in time, and my order went through and I got a confirmation email so now I am awaiting for it to be shipped!

"Complete" vs "estimated shipping november 15"

Ok so there are two statuses....what is the difference?
Probably no difference
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Probably no difference
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then why have two different statuses lol? I would guess completed is either shipped or card charged, instead of pending charge
You forgot one. There's also pre-ordered... But these statuses shouldn't make any difference.
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You forgot one. There's also pre-ordered... But these statuses shouldn't make any difference.
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Pre-order is pretty much self explanatory=u get it when batch 2 comes out
Its the same thing. Complete means your order had been completed by Google Staff. Estimated shipping date means its been handed to UPS and they have determined an expected dilivery date.
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Pre-order is pretty much self explanatory=u get it when batch 2 comes out
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Lol um... Nope! I ordered 3-5min after N4 was made available and there are others wayyy after me that has complete / est shipping nov15th on their order status.
These status doesn't mean crap. I confirmed with 2 representative that my order will be shipped in 1-2 business days just like everyone else.
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Ok so there are two statuses....what is the difference?
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If what google said about same day shipping is true, then my guess is completed=shipping yesterday, 15th=shipping tomorrow (for all the utc-7+ ,people, it's the 14th where I am, though you could have deduced that already )
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Its the same thing. Complete means your order had been completed by Google Staff. Estimated shipping date means its been handed to UPS and they have determined an expected dilivery date.
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No, it means that they should be sending it then, not that they already have it.
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Lol um... Nope! I ordered 3-5min after N4 was made available and there are others wayyy after me that has complete / est shipping nov15th on their order status.
These status doesn't mean crap. I confirmed with 2 representative that my order will be shipped in 1-2 business days just like everyone else.
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I ordered that in less than 30 seconds after it became available and I am in pre-order status. For that reason I can't believe that I will have to wait for the next batch. I will get very angry if people ordered that after me got it before me. As soon as logs are kept and google have at least one computer available to sort the logs by time they should start dispatching with the first-come first-served patterns. Otherwise it is just unfair. I am so happy that you have confirmed that with 2 representatives. I sent an email to Google Play yesterday and I received a response saying that their records and my order id show that I will have the device shipped by the evening of 15/11. (this should be an automated reply by a bot that crawls your email and finds possible answers to your question - I say that because firstly I received the answer in 1-2 minutes and I don't believe that in such a busy day I had such a quick response and secondly the answer was close to what I asked but not exactly what I asked).
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I ordered that in less than 30 seconds after it became available and I am in pre-order status. For that reason I can't believe that I will have to wait for the next batch. I will get very angry if people ordered that after me got it before me. As soon as logs are kept and google have at least one computer available to sort the logs by time they should start dispatching with the first-come first-served patterns. Otherwise it is just unfair. I am so happy that you have confirmed that with 2 representatives. I sent an email to Google Play yesterday and I received a response saying that their records and my order id show that I will have the device shipped by the evening of 15/11. (this should be an automated reply by a bot that crawls your email and finds possible answers to your question - I say that because firstly I received the answer in 1-2 minutes and I don't believe that in such a busy day I had such a quick response and secondly the answer was close to what I asked but not exactly what I asked).
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Google reps are even more retarded than tmobile reps. And yes i guess preorder is just a glitch. As long as they have charged you card showing in ur online banking u should be good. Mine still shows pending
im assuming that if the order processed(got to the result page), you got urself a nexus 4!.
complete, shipping on november, pre-ordered doesnt matter..?

[Q] How long was shipping for your Nexus 4?

Hi yall
I'm really interested in the Nexus 4 and I plan on getting one.
The thing is that it says it will arrive in 6-7 weeks. I just don't quite believe that because when I ordered my Nexus 7, it says that I had to wait 3-4 weeks for delivery, and this was in the first week it came out. I ordered it on Wednesday night around 830pm, got the shipping confirmation Thursday night at around 6pmish, and it arrived on my doorstep at around 3pm friday (~45 hours from ordering to delivery, pretty good considering it was the 2nd week it came out). So, since google lied to be before, I wanted to see how long it took you guys to actually get your Nexus 4s. Just put the date or time you ordered and the date and time it arrived. I just want to see whether or not it took a couple of weeks for people to get their Nexus 4.
tl;dr: Google lied to me about how long I had to wait for shipping before, so my question is: How long did it take for you to get your Nexus 4 from order to your doorstep?
UPDATE: So I ordered it on 12/2 and I got it around 1/7, so about 36 days or 5 weeks +1 day, so it's a bit faster than the 6-7 weeks that they said it would take, fyi im in LA. (btw, n4 is hands down, THE best phone available right now, just use dropbox or something to keep stuff on the cloud and you're set. Really awesome.)
Shipping statistics: Fastest: 2-3 days. Longest: ~8 weeks. Average: 4-5 weeks
Overall shipping conclusion: I guess it depends on where you live, some received theirs in 2-3 days while others 7-8 weeks, and I think they track your isp to get your approximate location to give you the ETA on how fast the shipping would be when you first see it available, but on average, expect it to arrive in about 5 weeks
Thanks and keep giving me the info and tell your friends to buy one too!!
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Hi yall
I'm really interested in the Nexus 4 and I plan on getting one.
The thing is that it says it will arrive in 6-7 weeks. I just don't quite believe that because when I ordered my Nexus 7, it says that I had to wait 3-4 weeks for delivery, and this was in the first week it came out. I ordered it on Wednesday night around 830pm, got the shipping confirmation Thursday night at around 6pmish, and it arrived on my doorstep at around 3pm the next day. So, since google lied to be before, I wanted to see how long it took you guys to actually get your Nexus 4s. Just put the date or time you ordered and the date and time it arrived. I just want to see whether or not it took a couple of weeks for people to get their Nexus 4.
tl;dr: Google lied to me about how long I had to wait for shipping before, so my question is: How long did it take for you to get your Nexus 4 from order to your doorstep?
Thanks and gnites
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I guess you didn't follow the hot mess that was the initial ordering process... either people got it in the estimated ship time of 3 - 5 days or they had to wait about 3 weeks for it to arrive even though when they ordered it listed 3 - 5 days.
My advise, assume google isn't lying to you, from what I can tell the estimated ship time from this last round of orders ranged from 1 - 2 weeks to 6 - 7, depending on when you ordered it.
I ordered mine on the 13th and received it on the 19th.
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I ordered mine on the 13th and received it on the 19th.
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that doesn't sound too bad, if I'm assuming you mean November 13th and 19th?
I think it was a 3-5 week waiting period back then. It's good to see your answers.
I'd like to see what other people's wait times were!
Ordered - 13th November
Arrived - 20th November
Ordered on the 13th and received mine on the 21st. ( it was supposed to be the 20th but UPS screwed up )
Ordered on the 13th
Got in on the 16th, early afternoon.
Seems to be more lucky than most?
Edit: Maybe someone in Kentucky even got it on the 15th
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Ordered on the 13th
Got in on the 16th, early afternoon.
Seems to be more lucky than most?
Edit: Maybe someone in Kentucky even got it on the 15th
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Dang! that's quick!
From what people have posted, it seems that the majority of people have gotten theirs in a reasonable amount of time, with the exception of FOXY ROXY, but UPS screwed that up.
Conclusion: Google lies, it's a good lie though.
I wonder if anyone really had to wait 3-5 weeks for theirs, but I guess those people haven't existed yet... since 3-5 weeks after the 13th would be this coming week? (at the earliest!)
We'll see!
Thanks for all your posts!!
I ordered on the 13th and have yet to receive my N4 from Google play. No tracking yet either.
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I ordered on the 13th and have yet to receive my N4 from Google play. No tracking yet either.
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uhh... I'm kinda confused.
"Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app"?
"Sent From My Buttery Smooth LG Nexus 4"
BUT I'LL TRUST YOU! And that sucks bro.
Just checking, but have you received any emails regarding order confirmation?
Bought on November 13th received on 29th
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Dang! that's quick!
From what people have posted, it seems that the majority of people have gotten theirs in a reasonable amount of time, with the exception of FOXY ROXY, but UPS screwed that up.
Conclusion: Google lies, it's a good lie though.
I wonder if anyone really had to wait 3-5 weeks for theirs, but I guess those people haven't existed yet... since 3-5 weeks after the 13th would be this coming week? (at the earliest!)
We'll see!
Thanks for all your posts!!
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Keep in mind, everyone who ordered before the 27th, had a 3 - 5 DAY waiting period quoted, not weeks. No one (i think) who has ordered it with a quoted time of 3-5 weeks have yet received it. Some people who got quoted 3-5 DAYS did wait 3 weeks. Like me.
Ordered it the 13th, received it the 29th. (3-5 day quote)
I did get the other one I ordered on the 13th on the 16th though. Also 3-5 quote.
Bought on November 13th received on 30th
Ordered 29 Nov. 4-5 weeks shipping time quoted.
Last night, I dreamed that my N4 had shipped. Then I woke up.
Ordered on the 13th and received it on the 29th. If they say 5-6 weeks they mean it, my confirmation email originally said ships in 3-5 days but then got an email saying up to 3 weeks. It took 2 weeks and 2 days. The soonest you're going to see one if you order today is the first week of January.
I ordered mine on the 27th was quoted 2-3 weeks, hasn't shipped yet as far as I know (no tracking info, nothing), but credit card has been authorized.
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Ordered on the 13th and received it on the 29th. If they say 5-6 weeks they mean it, my confirmation email originally said ships in 3-5 days but then got an email saying up to 3 weeks. It took 2 weeks and 2 days. The soonest you're going to see one if you order today is the first week of January.
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I ordered mine on the 27th was quoted 2-3 weeks, hasn't shipped yet as far as I know (no tracking info, nothing), but credit card has been authorized.
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Wow. So I guess those who ordered earlier in the month got theirs already and then the N4 got back-ordered and delayed shipping for everyone else. So I guess i should probably expect a 3 weekish wait if I order today.
btw. It's available again, well the 16gb one is so I got me one.
Wish me luck! And Thanks for the input guys!
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Dang! that's quick!
From what people have posted, it seems that the majority of people have gotten theirs in a reasonable amount of time, with the exception of FOXY ROXY, but UPS screwed that up.
Conclusion: Google lies, it's a good lie though.
I wonder if anyone really had to wait 3-5 weeks for theirs, but I guess those people haven't existed yet... since 3-5 weeks after the 13th would be this coming week? (at the earliest!)
We'll see!
Thanks for all your posts!!
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I really hope Google Play is lying, because I ordered my LG Nexus 4 during the second run on Dec 2nd and it said it was going to take 6-7 weeks, two days later it shows 5-6... Hopefully I get by xmas. Please keep us updated!
Ordered on Dec 4, UPS tracking says Out for Delivery today, Dec 6.
However the one that I ordered on Nov 27 is not shipped yet.
I'm still waiting for mine

[Q] Shipment TIme?

I ordered my 16 GB Nexus 4 from the play store Thursday, the shipping time was 2-3 weeks. I was wondering if the shipping time is true, and how long did it take for you to receive the Nexus 4? I am really exited about this phone and can't wait to get my hands on it!
yes google's estimates are usually good, you will probably get the shipping notice sometime during the third week. shipping takes about 2-3 business days in north america.
Yes, shipping times are usually accurate. I learned the hard way: When I ordered my Nexus 7 at the end of July/early August it came in 2 days. When I ordered my N4 at the end of November it said it would ship in 4-5 weeks. I thought because my N7 came in 2 days, my N4 would also come fast. I was wrong and it ended up taking the estimated 4-5 weeks lol.
Thanks for the answers, cant wait for it. Its an amazing phone as far as I've heard
I ordered mine Sunday and got it Thursday and it game me an estimated shipping time of two to three weeks.
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Some are lucky, some are not. I'm in the same boat, ordered Friday hoping for an early shipment but not really expecting it. I'm sure my Sims and screen protectors will come before
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I ordered mines on the 29th. It said 2-3 weeks and I got it in 5 days.
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I ordered mine on the 1st, it said 1-2 weeks, I got it on the 6th.
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When I ordered mine, the shipping time was 1-2 weeks. It arrived 2 days later.
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When I ordered mine, the shipping time was 1-2 weeks. It arrived 2 days later.
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Where are you located?
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I ordered it 10 minutes after (so lucky, i was checking stock in the toilet ) it was back instock during the final time it would go out of stock on a Friday
recieved it on the Monday. I suspect i might even have recieved it earlier if it wasnt for the weekend because it shipped on the day i ordered it. It was express delivery for some reason
To the peeps who got it within a few days, did it stay on pending until you got it or did you receive a shipping email or pre-order email or anything? Also where are you located?
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To the peeps who got it within a few days, did it stay on pending until you got it or did you receive a shipping email or pre-order email or anything? Also where are you located?
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I received the shipping email and all, it was 2 day shipping. I'm located in Hawaii
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I ordered mine on the 3rd. and it was delivered on the 6th.
Estimate was 3-4 weeks... I'm really happy Google is not as accurate as other guys say XD
Oh and btw I live in Vegas
Seems like many people have different experiences, I haven't received any emails from google other than that my order was placed. Hope to hear something from them on Monday
Shipping is not accurate at all. I initially ordered a week ago on the Wed when it came back, and by the following thursday I heard nothing. So that morning I ordered a second and it arrived ~26 hours later. So google are unpredictable to say the least. Whatever the shipping, it's worth the wait
I ordered on wednesday, got the phone on friday. And yes, the shipping time was 1-2 weeks. The phone got to me before i got a chance to order any case or even cut my sim to micro sim
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I ordered on wednesday, got the phone on friday. And yes, the shipping time was 1-2 weeks. The phone got to me before i got a chance to order any case or even cut my sim to micro sim
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You live near Ca?
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Google and LG really needs more to make more units, this probably would have been the most sold phone if they expected the demand
New user
Hello everyone. I am a new user to this forum and so far I have learned a lot. I ordered my device on the 3rd and have so far only received the order confirmation email from google. I am hoping it gets sent on Monday. It stated that shipping at the time was one to two weeks. I checked yesterday and it was up to two to three weeks shipping. Can't wait to get my device and start playing around with it. Thank you to the forum moderators for having such a great and informative site.

How long was the Nexus 4 sold out and when did you buy yours?

With the N5 coming soon, it's finally time to ditch my trusty old GNex. The G2 has most of the things I'm looking for in a phone (large, high quality screen, great battery life, excellent camera), but the $600 off-contract price and bloatware makes it a no go for me. The N5 looks really good on paper, but unfortunately it nerfs most of the things I like about the G2. I was hoping to wait for reviews and comparisons to come out first, but "waiting after release" for a Nexus product has it's own problems, in terms of actually being able to get one.
So I wanted to ask you guys for your experience with the N4. How long was it between being available at the Play Store and being sold out? Was it available for preorder and did it sell out even then? How long after selling out did it become available again? And when did you buy your N4 and how easy/hard it was to get?
If I recall correctly, the first batch was sold out within 15-20 mins.
And then a second batch was available after few weeks after.
And I think after 6~8 weeks most of the people who miss their chance with the 1st and 2nd batches got theirs.
I think after 2 or 3 months, they start having steady stock? Someone can correct this.
Google claims they did not anticipate that many buyers for the devices.
There wasn't a preorder on the release date,
but I'm sure they will have enough stock or preorder this time around.
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If I recall correctly, the first batch was sold out within 15-20 mins.
And then a second batch was available after few weeks after.
And I think after 6~8 weeks most of the people who miss their chance with the 1st and 2nd batches got theirs.
I think after 2 or 3 months, they start having steady stock? Someone can correct this.
Google claims they did not anticipate that many buyers for the devices.
There wasn't a preorder on the release date,
but I'm sure they will have enough stock or preorder this time around.
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i think your right but even after the 2 month there was still a 4-5 week waiting list
Well, I remember that I was mad at google on launch day because they started sales 30 minutes before it was supposed to go on sale, so by the time I was able to take out my phone in class to buy one, they were sold out. Then I had to wait until November 27th to buy one, that was when the second batch came out, and it arrived on Dec. 6th.
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Well, I remember that I was mad at google on launch day because they started sales 30 minutes before it was supposed to go on sale, so by the time I was able to take out my phone in class to buy one, they were sold out. Then I had to wait until November 27th to buy one, that was when the second batch came out, and it arrived on Dec. 6th.
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I'll add to this that on the first day, November 13th they did indeed sell out in the first 15 minutes which was 15 minutes before the official start time. I logged on at the correct time, noon pacific, and was still able to place an order but it was placed on backorder a day later, the system kept taking orders even though they were sold out throughout that first day. My backorder was filled on the 27th and arrived around the 6th some peoples backorders arrived weeks later and the system would periodically take new orders but they too would go into backorder. It took months to get it all sorted out.
I waited until January and I finally got too antsy and paid $415 for it on eBay. That's how impatient I am at times. Granted back then the markup I paid was only $115 (actually less since I didn't have to pay sales tax) since it was still price at $299 then. Was worth it to me.
Got it after tax refund in February
lopezk38 said:
Well, I remember that I was mad at google on launch day because they started sales 30 minutes before it was supposed to go on sale, so by the time I was able to take out my phone in class to buy one, they were sold out. Then I had to wait until November 27th to buy one, that was when the second batch came out, and it arrived on Dec. 6th.
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Well technically speaking, Google never specified a time that it would go on sale. They only specified a date, and nothing else. The fact that it would launch at different places within their respective time zones was also unknown to us (however somewhat known to the US people as it launched in places like Australia and the UK first).
Everyone only had conjectures about the times, and lots of people like me checked at every time possible, including 9 PM the night before, 10 PM the night before, 11 PM the night before, midnight the night before, 9 Am the next morning, etc. I think people expected it to come at 9 AM like Google's usual launches, yet it ended up actually launching at 8:27 AM PST or something near that. People who checked at 9 AM, such as yourselves I'm assuming, were already too late unfortunately. I for some reason was just paranoid about it and had been refreshing the page every five minutes since nearly 8 AM. Still, even at 8:30, the site was having major problems and I was only able to get my order through at 9:00ish, a few minutes before it sold out. Sort of the reason was because my Google Wallet stuff wasn't ready yet, so yes, when you do order, have that address + credit card ready beforehand as the default.
I was in the first 15 minutes to order. I used a chrome app to refresh the page for me and alert when there was a change. I was awake all night until it was purchased (granted I work nights so it was no big deal for me). However, I didn't get it for like 4 weeks. I had to call Google a few times and they kept giving different answers and stated that some were some how lost, but if they manually looked it up they could find your order. So, I was way behind when I should have got it.
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I ordered first day. Woke up 10 minutes after it went online and it was sold out. But, around 2pm I bought one after class. Unfortunately, I got that dreadful backorder email later that night took about two weeks to get mine from the second batch
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Bought mine the first day. I was online ready to order it the night before and then everyone found out they wouldn't be selling it till the next morning at 9 am PST.
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I got mine at the second batch. Sold out in 3 minutes though...
So, good luck to all of us.
I got mine in about January. I couldn't get my hands on one in Europe until then.
Definitely worth the wait though :laugh:.

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